Sony has announced the prices of itsÂ*4k resolution TVs. The cheapest model will cost roughly 5000 USD, 3900 EUR. The top of the line 65&quot; model XBR-65X900A will cost roughly 2000 USD more. Both t...

well I just bought me a Seiki 50" Slim LED 4KTV for $1,300 that I will use as a computer monitor and will move to my bedroom when I get a bigger tv like maybe that vizio 70" if it comes out for a reasonable price?

$5,000 for a 55" is just way to much for an increased resolution when it's made with the same LED panels available for full HD today!

well I just bought me a Seiki 50" Slim LED 4KTV for $1,300 that I will use as a computer monitor and will move to my bedroom when I get a bigger tv like maybe that vizio 70" if it comes out for a reasonable price?

$5,000 for a 55" is just way to much for an increased resolution when it's made with the same LED panels available for full HD today!

What are you on about? A 50" 4K for $1300? 4K?! On which planet? I was shocked when I heard about these 4K sets for $7000 and $5000. Just a few months ago these things were lowest $19000! I don't think you know what you're talking about pal.

What are you on about? A 50" 4K for $1300? 4K?! On which planet? I was shocked when I heard about these 4K sets for $7000 and $5000. Just a few months ago these things were lowest $19000! I don't think you know what you're talking about pal.

...apparently he's correct

though i really gotta wonder the quality of it...i have some seiki tvs at my work, and i'm not impressed...

I'm about as interested in 4K TVs as I was 3DTVs, i.e. not interested at all. I cannot see 3D so that technology was a waste for me plus I hate the idea of having to wear glasses to view it anyway. And 4K will be pointless for about 5 years as there won't be much in the way of actual 4K content for years. I read that 4K movie downloads will be in the region of 100 GB too so I think it'll remain an elitist tech for the forseeable future. 3DTVs have been around about, what, five years now and the amount of 3D content is still sparse. I think that is a good indicator of how long 4K will take before it becomes practical.

Most people won't care about 4K and the only reason they own 1080p and/or 3DTVs now is because they were the only ones on offer when they bought a new TV. A lot of people I know don't change their TVs whenever new technology comes out, they only do so when their old ones break down and they have to buy a replacement.

Sooo, cheap 4k displays for PC's in one or two years?
About time if you ask me.

What would be the point?

Reference monitor for 4K editing/color correction? Unlikely, but so long as the color space is correct, the resolution of the screen is mostly unimportant - and most would have access to a 4K projector for client visits anyhow.

Gaming? Not unless games companies are prepared to invest in creating 4K texture maps would it be worth it, and as rightly pointed out above me; graphics cards have limitations currently. As do graphics engines, and I question the speed/performance currently of a games engine and graphics card.

Browsing the net? the majority of websites do not have resolutions above a certain amount, or do they offer more than 16.7 mill colors - hence why lots of websites have massive blank areas on the screen, because they were designed to cover 1024x768 tablet users and said 'screw it' to anyone above that baseline.

two years?

Try 2020 for mainstream 4K to overtake 1080P - and by then it'll be 10K, making 4K seem 'so 2013'.

Reference monitor for 4K editing/color correction? Unlikely, but so long as the color space is correct, the resolution of the screen is mostly unimportant - and most would have access to a 4K projector for client visits anyhow.

Gaming? Not unless games companies are prepared to invest in creating 4K texture maps would it be worth it, and as rightly pointed out above me; graphics cards have limitations currently. As do graphics engines, and I question the speed/performance currently of a games engine and graphics card.

Browsing the net? the majority of websites do not have resolutions above a certain amount, or do they offer more than 16.7 mill colors - hence why lots of websites have massive blank areas on the screen, because they were designed to cover 1024x768 tablet users and said 'screw it' to anyone above that baseline.

two years?

Try 2020 for mainstream 4K to overtake 1080P - and by then it'll be 10K, making 4K seem 'so 2013'.